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No DNA tests for Texas death row inmate, judge decides
"The stakes in this case are too high to allow Mr. Skinner to be executed before he has a fair chance to make his case that the trial court made a grave mistake in denying his request for DNA testing."
Updated: 11/03/2011 05:35P
Swiss offer US tax deal for all Swiss banks: Sources
The deal would include some 11 banks now under criminal investigation — among them Credit Suisse AG and HSBC Holdings PLC — by the US Justice Department, which suspects them of having enabled wealthy Americans to hide billions of dollars in assets in
Updated: 11/03/2011 05:33P
Swiss offer US tax deal for all Swiss banks
The deal would include some 11 banks now under criminal investigation - among them Credit Suisse AG and HSBC Holdings PLC - by the US Justice Department, which suspects them of having enabled wealthy Americans to hide billions of dollars in assets in
Updated: 11/03/2011 05:30P
Arkansas justice says criminal code review needed after sentence overturned
Little Rock, Ark. — An Arkansas Supreme Court justice called for a review of the state's criminal code on Thursday after the court overturned a man's 25-year sentence for possession of a firearm by a felon because of two conflicting
Updated: 11/03/2011 05:21P
Fox Rothschild LLP | Criminal Background Checks Under §1-111 Act 24 of 2011
An employee can get in trouble for submitting a report that omits an arrest or conviction for a listed offense, both through school issued discipline and the criminal court. However, where he or she fails to submit the form entirely, the school's only
Updated: 11/03/2011 05:16P
Exclusive - Swiss offer U.S. tax deal for all Swiss banks
The deal would include some 11 banks now under criminal investigation -- among them Credit Suisse AG and HSBC Holdings PLC -- by the US Justice Department, which suspects them of having enabled wealthy Americans to hide billions of dollars in assets in
Updated: 11/03/2011 05:16P
2012 Elections
Alex Pareene writes about politics for Salon. Email him at apareene@salon.com and follow him on Twitter @pareene More Alex Pareene As allegations mount, some conservatives are going wobbly. Is the persecution narrative in danger?
Updated: 11/03/2011 05:14P
Convictions vacated against 3 in 1991 suburban Chicago slaying
University School of Law's Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth. "It's one of the most tragic injustices in this state's history. It's five kids who were wrongfully convicted ... while a true perpetrator went on and lived a criminal lifestyle.
Updated: 11/03/2011 05:08P
Former attorney general Marc Dann fights for his law license
By James Ewinger, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- By turns tearful, forthright, contrite and defensive, former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann fought to retain his law license Thursday morning as he took responsibility for misdemeanor crimes that
Updated: 11/03/2011 05:07P
New Brunswick backs feds tough-on-crime bill
OTTAWA - Opposition MPs took fresh aim at the Conservative government's sweeping justice bill Thursday amid concerns that several provinces won't be able to afford the new measures. The renewed barbs came as New Brunswick expressed full support for the
Updated: 11/03/2011 05:06P
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